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1	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64]
2			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
3			Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
4				  copy_dsdt }
5			force -- enable ACPI if default was off
6			on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64]
7			off -- disable ACPI if default was on
8			noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
9			strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
10				strictly ACPI specification compliant.
11			rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
12			copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
13			For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or "acpi=force"
14			are available
15
16			See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt, pci=noacpi
17
18	acpi_apic_instance=	[ACPI, IOAPIC]
19			Format: <int>
20			2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
21			1,0: use 1st APIC table
22			default: 0
23
24	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
25			acpi_backlight=vendor
26			acpi_backlight=video
27			If set to vendor, prefer vendor specific driver
28			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
29			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
30
31	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr
32			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
33			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
34			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
35			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
36
37	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
38			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
39			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
40			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
41			This option is useful for developers to identify the
42			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
43			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
44
45	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
46	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
47			Format: <int>
48			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
49			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
50			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
51			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_PCI_COMPONENT
52			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
53			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
54			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
55			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
56			Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information about
57			debug layers and levels.
58
59			Enable processor driver info messages:
60			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
61			Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages:
62			    acpi.debug_layer=0x400000
63			Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
64			object while interpreting AML:
65			    acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
66			Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
67			    acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
68
69			Some values produce so much output that the system is
70			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
71			if you need to capture more output.
72
73	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
74			{ strict | lax | no }
75			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
76			and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
77			only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
78			used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
79			can interfere with legacy drivers.
80			strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
81			is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
82			resources will fail to bind to device using them.
83			lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
84			legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
85			will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
86			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
87			no further checks are performed.
88
89	acpi_force_table_verification	[HW,ACPI]
90			Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
91			By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
92			size limitation.
93
94	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
95			ACPI will balance active IRQs
96			default in APIC mode
97
98	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
99			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
100			default in PIC mode
101
102	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
103			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
104
105	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
106			use by PCI
107			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
108
109	acpi_mask_gpe=	[HW,ACPI]
110			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
111			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
112			GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
113			the GPE dispatcher.
114			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
115			GPE floodings.
116			Format: <int>
117
118	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
119			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
120			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
121			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
122			auto-serialization feature.
123			This feature is enabled by default.
124			This option allows to turn off the feature.
125
126	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
127			   kernels.
128
129	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI]
130			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
131			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
132			installed automatically and they will appear under
133			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
134			This option turns off this feature.
135			Note that specifying this option does not affect
136			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
137			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
138
139	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
140			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
141			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
142			second kernel for kdump.
143
144	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
145			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
146
147	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
148			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
149			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
150			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
151			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
152
153	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
154			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
155			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
156			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
157			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
158						  strings
159			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
160						  strings
161			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
162
163			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
164			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
165			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
166			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
167			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
168			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
169			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
170			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
171			care about the state of the feature group strings which
172			should be controlled by the OSPM.
173			Examples:
174			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
175			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
176			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
177
178			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
179			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
180			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
181			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
182			multiple times through kernel command line is also
183			meaningless.
184			Examples:
185			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
186			     FALSE.
187
188			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
189			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
190			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
191			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
192			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
193			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
194			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
195			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
196			is useful when one want to control the state of the
197			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
198			the OSPM features.
199			Examples:
200			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
201			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
202			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
203			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
204			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
205			     equivalent to
206			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
207			     and
208			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
209			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
210
211	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
212			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
213			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
214			and always returns good values.
215
216	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
217			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
218
219	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
220			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
221			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
222
223	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
224			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
225				  old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable, nobl }
226			See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on
227			s3_bios and s3_mode.
228			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
229			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
230			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
231			used during resume from hibernation.
232			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
233			control method, with respect to putting devices into
234			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
235			of _PTS is used by default).
236			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
237			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
238			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
239			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
240			but some broken systems don't work without it).
241			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
242			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
243			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
244
245	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
246			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
247			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
248
249	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
250			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
251
252	agp=		[AGP]
253			{ off | try_unsupported }
254			off: disable AGP support
255			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
256				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
257
258	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
259			See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
260
261	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
262			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
263			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
264			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
265
266	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
267			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
268			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
269			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
270			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
271			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
272			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
273
274			32: only for 32-bit processes
275			64: only for 64-bit processes
276			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
277			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
278
279	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
280			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
281			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
282			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
283			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
284			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
285
286	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
287			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
288			Possible values are:
289			fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when
290				    they are unmapped. Otherwise they are
291				    flushed before they will be reused, which
292				    is a lot of faster
293			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
294				    the system
295			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
296					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
297					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
298					  requirements as needed. This option
299					  does not override iommu=pt
300
301	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
302			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
303			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
304			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
305			IOMMU initialization.
306
307	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
308			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
309			remapping modes:
310			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
311			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
312			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
313			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
314			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
315
316	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
317			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
318			Format: <a>,<b>
319			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
320
321	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
322			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
323			connected to one of 16 gameports
324			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
325
326	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
327			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
328			Format: noidle
329			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
330			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
331			APC and your system crashes randomly.
332
333	apic=		[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
334			Change the output verbosity whilst booting
335			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
336			Change the amount of debugging information output
337			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
338			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
339			driver name.
340			Format: apic=driver_name
341			Examples: apic=bigsmp
342
343	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
344			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
345			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
346			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
347			      backup of CPU 0
348			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
349			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
350			      shot down by NMI
351
352	autoconf=	[IPV6]
353			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
354
355	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
356			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
357			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
358			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
359			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
360			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
361			apic=verbose is specified.
362			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
363
364	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
365			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
366
367	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
368			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
369
370	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
371
372	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
373
374	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
375			EzKey and similar keyboards
376
377	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
378
379	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
380			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
381
382	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
383			keyboards
384
385	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
386			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
387
388	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
389			Use software keyboard repeat
390
391	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
392			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
393			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
394			    enabled until the next reboot
395			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
396			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
397			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
398			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
399			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
400			    userspace auditd.
401			Default: unset
402
403	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
404			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
405			Default: 64
406
407	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
408			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
409			Format: { "0" | "1" }
410			0 - Disable the BAU.
411			1 - Enable the BAU.
412			unset - Disable the BAU.
413
414	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
415			Format: <io>,<mode>
416
417	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
418			Format: <io>,<mode>
419			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
420
421	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
422			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
423			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
424			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
425
426	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
427			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
428			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
429			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
430
431	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
432			embedded devices based on command line input.
433			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt
434
435	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
436			Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
437			no delay (0).
438			Format: integer
439
440	bootmem_debug	[KNL] Enable bootmem allocator debug messages.
441
442	bert_disable	[ACPI]
443			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
444
445	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
446	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
447			kernel args too.
448	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/bttv.rst
449	bttv.tuner=
450
451	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
452			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
453			at a time.
454
455	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
456
457	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
458			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
459			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
460			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
461			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
462			This option provides an override for these situations.
463
464	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
465			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
466			trust validation.
467			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
468
469	cca=		[MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
470			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
471			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
472			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
473			others).
474
475	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
476			See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
477
478	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller
479			Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable}
480			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
481			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
482			  a single hierarchy
483			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
484			  subsystem
485			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
486			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
487			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
488
489	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable one, multiple, all cgroup controllers in v1
490			Format: { controller[,controller...] | "all" }
491			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
492			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
493
494	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
495			Format: <string>
496			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
497			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
498
499	checkreqprot	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
500			Format: { "0" | "1" }
501			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
502			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
503				any implied execute protection).
504			1 -- check protection requested by application.
505			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
506			Value can be changed at runtime via
507				/selinux/checkreqprot.
508
509	cio_ignore=	[S390]
510			See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
511	clk_ignore_unused
512			[CLK]
513			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
514			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
515			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
516			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
517			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
518			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
519			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
520			platform with proper driver support.  For more
521			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
522
523	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
524			[Deprecated]
525			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
526			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
527			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
528			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
529
530	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
531			Format: <string>
532			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
533			with the name specified.
534			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
535			the platform:
536			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
537			[ACPI] acpi_pm
538			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
539				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
540			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
541				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
542			[MIPS] MIPS
543			[PARISC] cr16
544			[S390] tod
545			[SH] SuperH
546			[SPARC64] tick
547			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
548
549	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
550			[ARM,ARM64]
551			Format: <bool>
552			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
553			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
554			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
555			systems.
556
557	clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
558			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
559			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
560			numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
561			stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
562			ones should be.
563			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
564			or using the feature without checking anything
565			will still see it. This just prevents it from
566			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
567			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
568			some critical bits.
569
570	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
571			[ARM,X86,KNL]
572			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
573			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
574			placement constraint by the physical address range of
575			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
576			altogether. For more information, see
577			include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
578
579	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
580			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
581			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
582			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
583			a hypervisor.
584			Default: yes
585
586	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
587			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
588			allocations, by default set to 256K.
589
590	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
591			Format:
592			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
593
594	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
595			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
596
597	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
598			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
599			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
600
601	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
602	conmode=
603
604	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
605
606		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
607
608		ttyS<n>[,options]
609		ttyUSB0[,options]
610			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
611			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
612			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
613			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
614			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
615
616			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
617			information.  See
618			Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an
619			alternative.
620
621		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
622		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
623		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
624		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
625		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
626			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
627			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
628			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
629			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
630			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
631			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
632			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
633			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
634			the h/w is not re-initialized.
635
636		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
637			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
638
639		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
640		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
641			console=brl,ttyS0
642		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
643
644	console_msg_format=
645			[KNL] Change console messages format
646		default
647			By default we print messages on consoles in
648			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
649			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
650			`printk_time' param).
651		syslog
652			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
653			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
654			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
655			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
656			from /proc/kmsg.
657
658	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
659			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
660			Defaults to 0.
661
662	coredump_filter=
663			[KNL] Change the default value for
664			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
665			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt.
666
667	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
668			[ARM,ARM64]
669			Format: <bool>
670			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
671			0: default value, disable debugging
672			1: enable debugging at boot time
673
674	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
675			disable the cpuidle sub-system
676
677	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
678			disable the cpufreq sub-system
679
680	cpu_init_udelay=N
681			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
682			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
683			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
684			Default: 10000
685
686	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
687			Format:
688			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
689
690	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
691			[KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
692			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
693			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
694			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
695			is selected automatically. Check
696			Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for further details.
697
698	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
699			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
700			in the running system. The syntax of range is
701			start-[end] where start and end are both
702			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
703			Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for an example.
704
705	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
706			[KNL, x86_64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
707			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
708			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
709			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
710			available.
711			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
712	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
713			[KNL, x86_64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
714			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
715			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
716			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
717			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
718			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
719			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate at
720			at least 256M below 4G automatically.
721			This one let user to specify own low range under 4G
722			for second kernel instead.
723			0: to disable low allocation.
724			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
725			or memory reserved is below 4G.
726
727	cryptomgr.notests
728			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
729
730	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
731			Format: <dma>
732
733	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
734			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
735
736	dasd=		[HW,NET]
737			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
738
739	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
740			(one device per port)
741			Format: <port#>,<type>
742			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
743
744	ddebug_query=	[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot
745			time. See
746			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst for
747			details.  Deprecated, see dyndbg.
748
749	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
750
751	debug_boot_weak_hash
752			[KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
753			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
754			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
755			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
756			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
757			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
758
759	debug_locks_verbose=
760			[KNL] verbose self-tests
761			Format=<0|1>
762			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
763			self-tests.
764			We default to 0 (no extra messages), setting it to
765			1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally
766			only useful to kernel developers.
767
768	debug_objects	[KNL] Enable object debugging
769
770	no_debug_objects
771			[KNL] Disable object debugging
772
773	debug_guardpage_minorder=
774			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
775			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
776			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
777			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
778			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
779			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
780			possible value is MAX_ORDER/2.  Setting this parameter
781			to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
782			memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
783			driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
784			random memory location. Note that there exists a class
785			of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
786			F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
787			memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
788			bypassed) which are not detectable by
789			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
790			tracking down these problems.
791
792	debug_pagealloc=
793			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
794			parameter enables the feature at boot time. In
795			default, it is disabled. We can avoid allocating huge
796			chunk of memory for debug pagealloc if we don't enable
797			it at boot time and the system will work mostly same
798			with the kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
799			on: enable the feature
800
801	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
802
803	decnet.addr=	[HW,NET]
804			Format: <area>[,<node>]
805			See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
806
807	default_hugepagesz=
808			[same as hugepagesz=] The size of the default
809			HugeTLB page size. This is the size represented by
810			the legacy /proc/ hugepages APIs, used for SHM, and
811			default size when mounting hugetlbfs filesystems.
812			Defaults to the default architecture's huge page size
813			if not specified.
814
815	deferred_probe_timeout=
816			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
817			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
818			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
819			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout of 0
820			will timeout at the end of initcalls. This option will also
821			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
822			retrying.
823
824	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
825			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
826
827	disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
828			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
829			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
830			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
831			miss to occur.
832
833	disable=	[IPV6]
834			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
835
836	hardened_usercopy=
837                        [KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
838                        hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
839                        usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
840                        from reading or writing beyond known memory
841                        allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
842                        against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
843                        copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
844                on      Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
845                off     Disable hardened usercopy checks.
846
847	disable_radix	[PPC]
848			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
849
850	disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
851			Format: <int>
852			The number of initial APIC ID for the
853			corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
854			mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
855			disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
856			causing system reset or hang due to sending
857			INIT from AP to BSP.
858
859	disable_counter_freezing [HW]
860			Disable Intel PMU counter freezing feature.
861			The feature only exists starting from
862			Arch Perfmon v4 (Skylake and newer).
863
864	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES]
865			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this if
866			to workaround buggy firmware.
867
868	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
869			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
870
871	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
872			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
873			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
874			entry later. This parameter disables that.
875
876	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
877			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
878			memory out of your available memory pool based on
879			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
880			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
881
882	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
883			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
884			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
885
886	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
887
888	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
889			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
890
891	dma_debug_entries=<number>
892			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
893			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
894			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
895			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
896			architectural default is too low.
897
898	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
899			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
900			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
901			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
902			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
903			driver later using sysfs.
904
905	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
906			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
907			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
908			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
909			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
910			Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
911			edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
912			edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
913			and no file with the same name exists. Details and
914			instructions how to build your own EDID data are
915			available in Documentation/EDID/HOWTO.txt. An EDID
916			data set will only be used for a particular connector,
917			if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
918			name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
919			set by separating the files with a comma.  An EDID
920			data set with no connector name will be used for
921			any connectors not explicitly specified.
922
923	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
924
925	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC]
926			Format: {"off" | "known"}
927			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
928			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
929			exists).
930			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
931			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
932			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
933
934	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
935			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
936			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
937			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
938
939	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
940	module.dyndbg[="val"]
941			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
942			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
943			for details.
944
945	nompx		[X86] Disables Intel Memory Protection Extensions.
946			See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt for more
947			information about the feature.
948
949	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
950			in some Intel CPUs.
951
952	module.async_probe [KNL]
953			Enable asynchronous probe on this module.
954
955	early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
956			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
957			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
958			which are not unmapped.
959
960	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
961
962			[ARM64] The early console is determined by the
963			stdout-path property in device tree's chosen node,
964			or determined by the ACPI SPCR table.
965
966			[X86] When used with no options the early console is
967			determined by the ACPI SPCR table.
968
969		cdns,<addr>[,options]
970			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
971			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
972			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
973			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
974			configured.
975
976		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
977		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
978		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
979		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options]
980		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
981			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
982			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
983			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
984			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
985			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
986			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
987			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
988			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized.
989
990		pl011,<addr>
991		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
992			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
993			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
994			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
995			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
996			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
997			the device registers.
998
999		meson,<addr>
1000			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1001			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1002			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1003			supported.
1004
1005		msm_serial,<addr>
1006			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1007			port at the specified address. The serial port
1008			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1009			yet supported.
1010
1011		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1012			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1013			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1014			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1015			yet supported.
1016
1017		owl,<addr>
1018			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1019			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1020			specified address. The serial port must already be
1021			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1022
1023		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1024
1025		s3c2410,<addr>
1026		s3c2412,<addr>
1027		s3c2440,<addr>
1028		s3c6400,<addr>
1029		s5pv210,<addr>
1030		exynos4210,<addr>
1031			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1032			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1033			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1034			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1035			Options are not yet supported.
1036
1037		lantiq,<addr>
1038			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1039			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1040			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1041			yet supported.
1042
1043		lpuart,<addr>
1044		lpuart32,<addr>
1045			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1046			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1047			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1048			port must already be setup and configured.
1049
1050		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1051			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1052			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1053			address. The serial port must already be setup
1054			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1055
1056		qcom_geni,<addr>
1057			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1058			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1059			specified address. The serial port must already be
1060			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1061
1062	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390]
1063			earlyprintk=vga
1064			earlyprintk=efi
1065			earlyprintk=sclp
1066			earlyprintk=xen
1067			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1068			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1069			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1070			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1071			earlyprintk=pciserial,bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1072			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1073
1074			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1075			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1076			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1077
1078			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1079			takes over.
1080
1081			Only one of vga, efi, serial, or usb debug port can
1082			be used at a time.
1083
1084			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1085			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1086			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1087			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1088				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1089			You can find the port for a given device in
1090			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1091				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1092
1093			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1094			very good.
1095
1096			The VGA and EFI output is eventually overwritten by
1097			the real console.
1098
1099			The xen output can only be used by Xen PV guests.
1100
1101			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1102
1103	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1104			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1105			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1106			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1107			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1108			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1109			default: on.
1110
1111	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1112			ekgdboc=kbd
1113
1114			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1115			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1116
1117	edd=		[EDD]
1118			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1119
1120	efi=		[EFI]
1121			Format: { "old_map", "nochunk", "noruntime", "debug" }
1122			old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI
1123			runtime services mapping. 32-bit still uses this one by
1124			default.
1125			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1126			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1127			firmware implementations.
1128			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1129			debug: enable misc debug output
1130
1131	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1132			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1133			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1134			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1135			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1136
1137	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1138			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1139			updating original EFI memory map.
1140			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1141			from ss to ss+nn.
1142			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1143			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1144			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1145			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1146
1147			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1148			related feature. For example, you can do debugging of
1149			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1150			doesn't support it.
1151
1152	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1153			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1154			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1155			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1156			Documentation/acpi/ssdt-overlays.txt for details.
1157
1158
1159	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1160			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1161
1162	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1163			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1164			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1165
1166	elevator=	[IOSCHED]
1167			Format: {"cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"}
1168			See Documentation/block/cfq-iosched.txt and
1169			Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
1170
1171	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1172			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1173			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1174			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1175			See Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for details.
1176
1177	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1178			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1179			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1180			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1181
1182	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1183			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1184			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1185			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1186			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1187
1188	enforcing	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1189			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1190			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1191			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1192			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1193			Default value is 0.
1194			Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce.
1195
1196	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1197			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1198			support.
1199
1200	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1201			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1202			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1203
1204	evm=		[EVM]
1205			Format: { "fix" }
1206			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1207			current integrity status.
1208
1209	failslab=
1210	fail_page_alloc=
1211	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1212			General fault injection mechanism.
1213			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1214			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1215
1216	floppy=		[HW]
1217			See Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt.
1218
1219	force_pal_cache_flush
1220			[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
1221			buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
1222			parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
1223			ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
1224
1225	forcepae	[X86-32]
1226			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1227			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1228			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1229			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1230			and may cause unknown problems.
1231
1232	ftrace=[tracer]
1233			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1234			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1235			boot debugging.
1236
1237	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1238			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1239			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1240			buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1241			dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1242			oops.
1243
1244	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1245			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1246			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
1247			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1248			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1249			tracing directory.
1250
1251	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1252			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1253			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1254			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1255			tracing directory.
1256
1257	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1258			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1259			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1260			function-list is a comma separated list of functions
1261			that can be changed at run time by the
1262			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1263
1264	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1265			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1266			function-list.  This list is a comma separated list of
1267			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1268			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1269
1270	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1271			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1272			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1273			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1274			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1275
1276	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1277			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1278			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1279			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1280			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1281
1282	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1283
1284	gart_fix_e820=	[X86_64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1285			Format: off | on
1286			default: on
1287
1288	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1289			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1290			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1291			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1292			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1293
1294	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1295			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1296			android emulator
1297
1298	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1299			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1300			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1301			GPT to be used instead.
1302
1303	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1304			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1305			Format: 0 | 1
1306			Default: 0
1307	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1308			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1309			Format: 0 | 1
1310			Default: 0
1311	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1312			Format: 0 | 1
1313			Default: 0
1314	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1315			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1316			Default: 1024
1317	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1318			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1319			Default: 1024
1320
1321	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1322			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1323			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1324
1325	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1326			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1327			backtraces on all cpus.
1328			Format: <integer>
1329
1330	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1331			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1332			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1333			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1334
1335	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1336
1337	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1338			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1339
1340	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1341			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1342			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1343			logic will be disabled.
1344
1345	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1346			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1347			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1348			size on bigger boxes.
1349
1350	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1351			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1352			Default: "on"
1353
1354	hisax=		[HW,ISDN]
1355			See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax.
1356
1357	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1358
1359	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1360			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1361				verbose }
1362			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1363			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1364				VIA, nVidia)
1365			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1366
1367	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1368			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1369
1370	hugepages=	[HW,X86-32,IA-64] HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1371	hugepagesz=	[HW,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] The size of the HugeTLB pages.
1372			On x86-64 and powerpc, this option can be specified
1373			multiple times interleaved with hugepages= to reserve
1374			huge pages of different sizes. Valid pages sizes on
1375			x86-64 are 2M (when the CPU supports "pse") and 1G
1376			(when the CPU supports the "pdpe1gb" cpuinfo flag).
1377
1378	hung_task_panic=
1379			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1380			Format: <integer>
1381
1382			A nonzero value instructs the kernel to panic when a
1383			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1384			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1385			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1386			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1387
1388	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1389				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1390	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1391				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1392				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1393
1394	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1395				      which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the
1396				      guest on lock contention.
1397
1398	keep_bootcon	[KNL]
1399			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
1400			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
1401			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
1402			the real console.
1403
1404	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1405				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1406				registered from board initialization code.
1407				Format:
1408				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1409
1410	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1411	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1412			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1413			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1414			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1415	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1416	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1417			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1418			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1419	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1420	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1421	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1422			     for the AUX port
1423	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1424			     controller
1425	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1426			     controllers
1427	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1428	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1429			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1430			     transitions, or never reset
1431			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1432			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1433			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1434			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1435			architectures force reset to be always executed
1436	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1437	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1438
1439	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1440
1441	i8k.ignore_dmi	[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1442			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1443			hardware.
1444	i8k.force	[HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature
1445			does not match list of supported models.
1446	i8k.power_status
1447			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1448			(disabled by default)
1449	i8k.restricted	[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1450			capability is set.
1451
1452	i915.invert_brightness=
1453			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1454			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1455			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1456			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1457			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1458			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1459			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1460			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1461			value switches the backlight off.
1462			-1 -- never invert brightness
1463			 0 -- machine default
1464			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1465
1466	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1467			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1468
1469	ide-core.nodma=	[HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1470			Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc
1471			.vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .nohpa .noprobe .nowerr
1472			.cdrom .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
1473			See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
1474
1475	ide-generic.probe-mask= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1476			Format: <int>
1477			Probe mask for legacy ISA IDE ports.  Depending on
1478			platform up to 6 ports are supported, enabled by
1479			setting corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  The
1480			default value is 0x0, which has a special meaning.
1481			On systems that have PCI, it triggers scanning the
1482			PCI bus for the first and the second port, which
1483			are then probed.  On systems without PCI the value
1484			of 0x0 enables probing the two first ports as if it
1485			was 0x3.
1486
1487	ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1488			Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
1489
1490	idle=		[X86]
1491			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1492			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1493			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1494			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1495			Not recommended.
1496			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1497			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1498			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1499
1500	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1501			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1502			Default: strict
1503
1504			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1505			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1506			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1507			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1508			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
1509			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1510			encoding mode.
1511
1512			Available settings are as follows:
1513			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1514				supported by the FPU
1515			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1516				by the FPU
1517			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1518				by the FPU
1519			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
1520				supported by the FPU
1521
1522			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1523			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1524			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1525			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1526			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1527			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1528			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1529			MIPS64 CPUs.
1530
1531			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1532			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1533			except where unsupported by hardware.
1534
1535	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
1536			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1537			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1538			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1539			could change it dynamically, usually by
1540			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1541
1542	ignore_rlimit_data
1543			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1544			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
1545			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1546
1547	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
1548			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1549
1550	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1551			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1552			default: "enforce"
1553
1554	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA]
1555			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1556			owned by uid=0.
1557
1558	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1559			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1560			measurements, instead of host native format.
1561
1562	ima_hash=	[IMA]
1563			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1564				   | sha512 | ... }
1565			default: "sha1"
1566
1567			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1568			in crypto/hash_info.h.
1569
1570	ima_policy=	[IMA]
1571			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
1572			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
1573				 fail_securely"
1574
1575			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
1576			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
1577			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
1578			uid=0.
1579
1580			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
1581			all files owned by root. (This is the equivalent
1582			of ima_appraise_tcb.)
1583
1584			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
1585			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
1586			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
1587
1588			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
1589			verification failure also on privileged mounted
1590			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
1591			flag.
1592
1593	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1594			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1595			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
1596			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1597			opened for read by uid=0.
1598
1599	ima_template=	[IMA]
1600			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
1601			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-sig" }
1602			Default: "ima-ng"
1603
1604	ima_template_fmt=
1605			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
1606			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
1607
1608	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
1609			Format: <min_file_size>
1610			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
1611			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
1612
1613			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
1614			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1615			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
1616
1617	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
1618			Format: <bufsize>
1619			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
1620
1621			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
1622			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1623			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
1624
1625	init=		[KNL]
1626			Format: <full_path>
1627			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
1628			process.
1629
1630	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
1631			for working out where the kernel is dying during
1632			startup.
1633
1634	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
1635			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
1636			modules and initcalls.
1637
1638	initrd=		[BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
1639
1640	init_pkru=	[x86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
1641			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
1642			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
1643			override in debugfs after boot.
1644
1645	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
1646			Format: <irq>
1647
1648	int_pln_enable	[x86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
1649
1650	integrity_audit=[IMA]
1651			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1652			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
1653			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
1654
1655	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
1656		on
1657			Enable intel iommu driver.
1658		off
1659			Disable intel iommu driver.
1660		igfx_off [Default Off]
1661			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
1662			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
1663			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
1664			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
1665			DMA.
1666		forcedac [x86_64]
1667			With this option iommu will not optimize to look
1668			for io virtual address below 32-bit forcing dual
1669			address cycle on pci bus for cards supporting greater
1670			than 32-bit addressing. The default is to look
1671			for translation below 32-bit and if not available
1672			then look in the higher range.
1673		strict [Default Off]
1674			With this option on every unmap_single operation will
1675			result in a hardware IOTLB flush operation as opposed
1676			to batching them for performance.
1677		sp_off [Default Off]
1678			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
1679			has the capability. With this option, super page will
1680			not be supported.
1681		ecs_off [Default Off]
1682			By default, extended context tables will be supported if
1683			the hardware advertises that it has support both for the
1684			extended tables themselves, and also PASID support. With
1685			this option set, extended tables will not be used even
1686			on hardware which claims to support them.
1687		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
1688			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
1689			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
1690			could harm performance of some high-throughput
1691			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
1692			mapping is enabled.
1693			Note that using this option lowers the security
1694			provided by tboot because it makes the system
1695			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
1696
1697	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
1698			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
1699			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
1700
1701	intel_pstate=	[X86]
1702			disable
1703			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
1704			  scaling driver for the supported processors
1705			passive
1706			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
1707			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
1708			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
1709			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
1710			  feature.
1711			force
1712			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
1713			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
1714			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
1715			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
1716			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
1717			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
1718			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
1719			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
1720			no_hwp
1721			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
1722			  if available.
1723			hwp_only
1724			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
1725			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
1726			support_acpi_ppc
1727			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
1728			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
1729			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
1730			  then this feature is turned on by default.
1731			per_cpu_perf_limits
1732			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
1733			  cpufreq sysfs interface
1734
1735	intremap=	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
1736			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
1737			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
1738			nosid	disable Source ID checking
1739			no_x2apic_optout
1740				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
1741			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
1742
1743	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
1744		strict	regions from userspace.
1745		relaxed
1746
1747	iommu=		[x86]
1748		off
1749		force
1750		noforce
1751		biomerge
1752		panic
1753		nopanic
1754		merge
1755		nomerge
1756		soft
1757		pt		[x86]
1758		nopt		[x86]
1759		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
1760			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
1761
1762	iommu.passthrough=
1763			[ARM64] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
1764			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1765			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
1766			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
1767			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
1768
1769	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
1770			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
1771			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
1772
1773	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
1774		0x80
1775			Standard port 0x80 based delay
1776		0xed
1777			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
1778		udelay
1779			Simple two microseconds delay
1780		none
1781			No delay
1782
1783	ip=		[IP_PNP]
1784			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
1785
1786	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
1787			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
1788
1789	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
1790			[ARM, ARM64]
1791			Format: <bool>
1792			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
1793			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
1794			exposed by the device tree is too small.
1795
1796	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
1797			[ARM, ARM64]
1798			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
1799			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
1800			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
1801			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
1802			LPIs.
1803
1804	irqfixup	[HW]
1805			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1806			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1807			firmware running.
1808
1809	irqpoll		[HW]
1810			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1811			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
1812			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1813			firmware running.
1814
1815	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
1816			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
1817
1818	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
1819			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
1820			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
1821
1822			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
1823			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
1824
1825			nohz
1826			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
1827
1828			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
1829			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
1830			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
1831			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
1832			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
1833
1834			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
1835			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
1836			  be configured manually after bootup.
1837
1838			domain
1839			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
1840			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
1841			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
1842			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
1843			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
1844			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
1845			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
1846			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
1847
1848			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
1849			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
1850			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
1851			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
1852
1853			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
1854
1855
1856
1857	iucv=		[HW,NET]
1858
1859	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86_64]
1860			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1861			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1862			example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
1863			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1864				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
1865
1866	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86_64]
1867			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1868			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1869			example, to map HPET-ID decimal 0 to
1870			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1871				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
1872
1873	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86_64]
1874			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
1875			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1876			example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
1877			PCI device 00:14.5 write the parameter as:
1878				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
1879
1880	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
1881			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
1882
1883	nokaslr		[KNL]
1884			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
1885			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
1886			Layout Randomization).
1887
1888	kasan_multi_shot
1889			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
1890			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
1891			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
1892			invalid access.
1893
1894	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
1895
1896	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
1897			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
1898			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
1899			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
1900			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
1901			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
1902			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
1903			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
1904			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
1905			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
1906
1907			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
1908			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
1909			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
1910			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
1911			zone if it does not.
1912
1913			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
1914			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
1915			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
1916			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
1917			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
1918			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
1919			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
1920
1921	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
1922			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
1923			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
1924			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
1925			optional and is the number seconds in between
1926			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
1927			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
1928			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
1929			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
1930			the kernel debugger.
1931
1932	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
1933			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
1934			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
1935			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
1936			 keyboard only format: kbd
1937			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
1938			Optional Kernel mode setting:
1939			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
1940			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
1941
1942	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
1943			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
1944
1945	kmac=		[MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address.
1946			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
1947			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
1948
1949	kmemleak=	[KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
1950			Valid arguments: on, off
1951			Default: on
1952			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
1953			the default is off.
1954
1955	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
1956			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
1957
1958	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
1959				   Default is false (don't support).
1960
1961	kvm.mmu_audit=	[KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit
1962			KVM MMU at runtime.
1963			Default is 0 (off)
1964
1965	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
1966			Default is 1 (enabled)
1967
1968	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
1969			for all guests.
1970			Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
1971
1972	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
1973			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
1974			system registers
1975
1976	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
1977			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
1978			system registers
1979
1980	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
1981			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
1982			system registers
1983
1984	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
1985			[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
1986			LPIs.
1987
1988	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
1989			(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
1990			Default is 1 (enabled)
1991
1992	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
1993			[KVM,Intel] Enable emulation of invalid guest states
1994			Default is 0 (disabled)
1995
1996	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
1997			[KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
1998			Default is 1 (enabled)
1999
2000	kvm-intel.nested=
2001			[KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
2002			Default is 0 (disabled)
2003
2004	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2005			[KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
2006			(virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
2007			Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
2008
2009	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2010			CVE-2018-3620.
2011
2012			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2013
2014			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2015			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2016				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2017			never:	Disables the mitigation
2018
2019			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2020
2021	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
2022			feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
2023			Default is 1 (enabled)
2024
2025	l1tf=           [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2026			      affected CPUs
2027
2028			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2029			enabled and cannot be disabled.
2030
2031			full
2032				Provides all available mitigations for the
2033				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2034				enables all mitigations in the
2035				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2036
2037				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2038				sysfs interface is still possible after
2039				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2040				when the first VM is started in a
2041				potentially insecure configuration,
2042				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2043
2044			full,force
2045				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2046				flush runtime control. Implies the
2047				'nosmt=force' command line option.
2048				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2049
2050			flush
2051				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2052				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2053				L1D flush.
2054
2055				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2056				sysfs interface is still possible after
2057				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2058				when the first VM is started in a
2059				potentially insecure configuration,
2060				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2061
2062			flush,nosmt
2063
2064				Disables SMT and enables the default
2065				hypervisor mitigation.
2066
2067				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2068				sysfs interface is still possible after
2069				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2070				when the first VM is started in a
2071				potentially insecure configuration,
2072				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2073
2074			flush,nowarn
2075				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2076				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2077				insecure configuration.
2078
2079			off
2080				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2081				emit any warnings.
2082
2083			Default is 'flush'.
2084
2085			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/l1tf.rst
2086
2087	l2cr=		[PPC]
2088
2089	l3cr=		[PPC]
2090
2091	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2092			disabled it.
2093
2094	lapic=		[x86,APIC] "notscdeadline" Do not use TSC deadline
2095			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2096			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2097
2098	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
2099			in C2 power state.
2100
2101	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
2102			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2103			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2104			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2105			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
2106			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2107			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2108
2109	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2110			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
2111			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
2112
2113	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2114			when set.
2115			Format: <int>
2116
2117	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is comma
2118			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is
2119			PORT[.DEVICE].  PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers
2120			matching port, link or device.  Basically, it matches
2121			the ATA ID string printed on console by libata.  If
2122			the whole ID part is omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE
2123			values are used.  If ID hasn't been specified yet, the
2124			configuration applies to all ports, links and devices.
2125
2126			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2127			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
2128			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2129			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
2130			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2131			host link and device attached to it.
2132
2133			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
2134			as there's no ambiguity shortcut notation is allowed.
2135			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2136			The following configurations can be forced.
2137
2138			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2139			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2140
2141			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2142
2143			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2144			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2145			  allowed.
2146
2147			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2148
2149			* [no]ncqtrim: Turn off queued DSM TRIM.
2150
2151			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft
2152			  and both resets.
2153
2154			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during
2155			  hot-unplug link recovery
2156
2157			* dump_id: dump IDENTIFY data.
2158
2159			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support
2160
2161			* disable: Disable this device.
2162
2163			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2164			the same attribute, the last one is used.
2165
2166	memblock=debug	[KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
2167
2168	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
2169			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
2170
2171	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
2172			Format: <integer>
2173
2174	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
2175			Format: <integer>
2176
2177	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
2178			Format: <integer>
2179
2180	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
2181			Format: <integer>
2182
2183	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2184			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2185			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2186			number of online CPUs.
2187
2188	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2189			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2190
2191	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2192			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2193
2194	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2195			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2196			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2197
2198	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2199			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
2200			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2201			mode during the locktorture test.
2202
2203	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2204			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
2205			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2206
2207	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2208			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2209
2210	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
2211			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
2212			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
2213			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
2214			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
2215			transition abruptly to and from idle.
2216
2217	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
2218			Specify the locking implementation to test.
2219
2220	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
2221			Enable additional printk() statements.
2222
2223	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
2224			Format: <irq>
2225
2226	loglevel=	All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
2227			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
2228			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
2229			loglevels are defined as follows:
2230
2231			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
2232			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
2233			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
2234			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
2235			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
2236			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
2237			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
2238			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
2239
2240	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
2241			in bytes.  n must be a power of two and greater
2242			than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
2243			by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
2244			also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
2245			that allows to increase the default size depending on
2246			the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
2247
2248	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
2249			This may be used to provide more screen space for
2250			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
2251			kernel boot problems.
2252
2253	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
2254	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
2255	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
2256	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
2257				specified in addition to the ports) causes
2258				attached printers to be reset. Using
2259				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
2260				to associate lp devices with, starting with
2261				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
2262				that lp device, or a parport name such as
2263				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
2264				port specification list means that device IDs
2265				from each port should be examined, to see if
2266				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
2267				so, the driver will manage that printer.
2268				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
2269
2270	lpj=n		[KNL]
2271			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
2272			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
2273			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
2274			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
2275			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
2276			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
2277			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
2278			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
2279			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
2280			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
2281			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
2282			hardware.
2283
2284	ltpc=		[NET]
2285			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
2286
2287	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
2288
2289	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
2290			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
2291			Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb
2292
2293	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between different
2294			 yeeloong laptop.
2295			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
2296
2297	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater
2298			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
2299
2300	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2301			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
2302			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
2303			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
2304			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
2305			only takes effect during system bootup.
2306			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
2307			which also disables the IO APIC.
2308
2309	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
2310	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
2311			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
2312			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
2313			devices can be requested on-demand with the
2314			/dev/loop-control interface.
2315
2316	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
2317
2318	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
2319
2320	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
2321			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
2322
2323	mdacon=		[MDA]
2324			Format: <first>,<last>
2325			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
2326
2327	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
2328			Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able
2329			to see the whole system memory or for test.
2330			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
2331			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
2332			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
2333			belonging to unused RAM.
2334
2335	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
2336			memory.
2337
2338	memchunk=nn[KMG]
2339			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
2340			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
2341
2342	memhp_default_state=online/offline
2343			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
2344			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
2345			set according to the
2346			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
2347			option.
2348			See Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt.
2349
2350	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
2351			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
2352			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
2353			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
2354			option description.
2355
2356	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
2357			[KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
2358			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
2359			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
2360			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
2361			Multiple different regions can be specified,
2362			comma delimited.
2363			Example:
2364				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
2365
2366	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
2367			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
2368			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
2369
2370	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
2371			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
2372			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
2373			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
2374			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
2375			         or
2376			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
2377			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
2378			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
2379			will be eaten.
2380
2381	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
2382			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
2383			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
2384			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
2385			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
2386
2387	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
2388			[KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region
2389			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
2390			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
2391			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
2392			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
2393			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
2394			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
2395
2396	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
2397			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
2398			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
2399			Setting this option will scan the memory
2400			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
2401			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
2402			from using the memory being corrupted.
2403			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
2404			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
2405			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
2406			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
2407
2408	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
2409			By default it checks for corruption in the low
2410			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
2411			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
2412			corruption in more or less memory.
2413
2414	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
2415			By default it checks for corruption every 60
2416			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
2417			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
2418
2419	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM] Enable memtest
2420			Format: <integer>
2421			default : 0 <disable>
2422			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
2423			performed. Each pass selects another test
2424			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
2425			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
2426			memory contents and reserves bad memory
2427			regions that are detected.
2428
2429	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
2430			Valid arguments: on, off
2431			Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
2432			  on  (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
2433			  off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
2434			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
2435			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
2436
2437			Refer to Documentation/x86/amd-memory-encryption.txt
2438			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
2439
2440	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
2441			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
2442			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
2443			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
2444			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
2445
2446	meye.*=		[HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
2447			See Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/meye.rst.
2448
2449	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
2450			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
2451			platforms.
2452
2453	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
2454			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
2455			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
2456			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
2457
2458	mga=		[HW,DRM]
2459
2460	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory below this
2461			physical address is ignored.
2462
2463	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
2464			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
2465			Default: "0tb"
2466			MINI2440 configuration specification:
2467			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
2468			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
2469			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
2470			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
2471			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
2472			unconfigured.
2473			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
2474			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
2475			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
2476			VGA shield.
2477			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
2478			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
2479			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
2480			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
2481			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
2482			http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
2483
2484	mminit_loglevel=
2485			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
2486			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
2487			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
2488			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
2489			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
2490			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
2491
2492	module.sig_enforce
2493			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
2494			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
2495			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
2496			is always true, so this option does nothing.
2497
2498	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
2499			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
2500
2501	mousedev.tap_time=
2502			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
2503			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
2504			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
2505			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
2506			Format: <msecs>
2507	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
2508			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2509	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
2510			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2511
2512	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
2513			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
2514			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
2515			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
2516			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
2517			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
2518			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
2519			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
2520			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
2521			is not too small.
2522
2523	movable_node	[KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
2524			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
2525			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
2526			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
2527			allocations. Use with caution!
2528
2529	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
2530			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
2531
2532	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
2533			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
2534
2535	mtdparts=	[MTD]
2536			See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c.
2537
2538	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
2539			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
2540			at a time.
2541
2542	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
2543
2544			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
2545
2546			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
2547				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
2548			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
2549				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
2550				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
2551
2552	mtdset=		[ARM]
2553			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
2554
2555			See arch/arm/mach-s3c2412/mach-jive.c
2556
2557	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
2558			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
2559			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
2560
2561	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2562			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
2563			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
2564
2565	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2566			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
2567			Default is 1.
2568			Large value could prevent small alignment from
2569			using up MTRRs.
2570
2571	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
2572			Format: <integer>
2573			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
2574			Default : 1
2575			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
2576			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
2577
2578	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
2579
2580	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
2581			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
2582			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
2583			something different and driver-specific.
2584			This usage is only documented in each driver source
2585			file if at all.
2586
2587	nf_conntrack.acct=
2588			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
2589			0 to disable accounting
2590			1 to enable accounting
2591			Default value is 0.
2592
2593	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
2594			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2595
2596	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
2597			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2598
2599	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
2600			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2601
2602	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
2603			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
2604			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
2605			requests.
2606
2607	nfs.callback_tcpport=
2608			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
2609			channel should listen.
2610
2611	nfs.cache_getent=
2612			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
2613			to update the NFS client cache entries.
2614
2615	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
2616			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
2617			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
2618
2619	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
2620			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
2621			entries.
2622
2623	nfs.enable_ino64=
2624			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
2625			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
2626			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
2627			of returning the full 64-bit number.
2628			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
2629
2630	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
2631			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
2632			slots the client will assign to the callback
2633			channel. This determines the maximum number of
2634			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
2635			a particular server.
2636
2637	nfs.max_session_slots=
2638			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
2639			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
2640			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
2641			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
2642			Note that there is little point in setting this
2643			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
2644
2645	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
2646			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
2647			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
2648			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
2649			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
2650			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
2651			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
2652			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
2653			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
2654			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
2655			back to using the idmapper.
2656			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
2657	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
2658			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
2659			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
2660			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
2661			UUID that is generated at system install time.
2662
2663	nfs.send_implementation_id =
2664			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
2665			information in exchange_id requests.
2666			If zero, no implementation identification information
2667			will be sent.
2668			The default is to send the implementation identification
2669			information.
2670
2671	nfs.recover_lost_locks =
2672			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
2673			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
2674			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
2675			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
2676			after the locks are lost.
2677			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
2678			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
2679			parameter to '1'.
2680			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
2681			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
2682
2683	nfs4.layoutstats_timer =
2684			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
2685			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
2686
2687			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
2688			whatever value is the default set by the layout
2689			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
2690			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
2691
2692	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
2693			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
2694			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
2695			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
2696			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
2697			migration from NFSv2/v3.
2698
2699	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
2700			when a NMI is triggered.
2701			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
2702
2703	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
2704			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
2705			Valid num: 0 or 1
2706			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
2707			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
2708			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
2709			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to override the opposite
2710			default). To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
2711			please see 'nowatchdog'.
2712			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
2713			need the box quickly up again.
2714
2715			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
2716			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
2717
2718	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
2719			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
2720			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
2721			waits 4 seconds.
2722
2723	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
2724			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
2725			is present.
2726
2727	no5lvl		[X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
2728			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
2729
2730	no_console_suspend
2731			[HW] Never suspend the console
2732			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
2733			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
2734			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
2735			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
2736			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
2737			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
2738			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
2739			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
2740			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
2741			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
2742			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
2743			turn on/off it dynamically.
2744
2745	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
2746			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
2747			but will impact performance.
2748
2749	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
2750
2751	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
2752			(CPU alternatives feature).
2753
2754	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
2755			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
2756
2757	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
2758
2759	nobats		[PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
2760			on "Classic" PPC cores.
2761
2762	nocache		[ARM]
2763
2764	noclflush	[BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
2765
2766	nodelayacct	[KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
2767
2768	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
2769
2770	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
2771
2772	noexec		[IA-64]
2773
2774	noexec		[X86]
2775			On X86-32 available only on PAE configured kernels.
2776			noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
2777			noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
2778
2779	nosmap		[X86]
2780			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
2781			even if it is supported by processor.
2782
2783	nosmep		[X86]
2784			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
2785			even if it is supported by processor.
2786
2787	noexec32	[X86-64]
2788			This affects only 32-bit executables.
2789			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
2790				read doesn't imply executable mappings
2791			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
2792				read implies executable mappings
2793
2794	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
2795
2796	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
2797			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
2798			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
2799
2800	nohugeiomap	[KNL,x86] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
2801
2802	nosmt		[KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
2803			Equivalent to smt=1.
2804
2805			[KNL,x86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
2806			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
2807				     via the sysfs control file.
2808
2809	nospectre_v1	[PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1 (bounds
2810			check bypass). With this option data leaks are possible
2811			in the system.
2812
2813	nospectre_v2	[X86] Disable all mitigations for the Spectre variant 2
2814			(indirect branch prediction) vulnerability. System may
2815			allow data leaks with this option, which is equivalent
2816			to spectre_v2=off.
2817
2818	nospec_store_bypass_disable
2819			[HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
2820
2821	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
2822			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
2823			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
2824
2825	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
2826			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
2827			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
2828			performance of saving the states is degraded because
2829			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
2830			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
2831
2832	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
2833			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
2834			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
2835			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
2836			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
2837			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
2838			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
2839
2840	nohlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
2841			wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
2842			use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.
2843
2844	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
2845			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
2846			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
2847
2848	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
2849			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
2850			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
2851			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
2852			in certain environments such as networked servers or
2853			real-time systems.
2854
2855	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
2856
2857	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
2858			Valid arguments: on, off
2859			Default: on
2860
2861	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
2862			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2863			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
2864			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
2865			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
2866			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
2867			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
2868			just as if they had also been called out in the
2869			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
2870
2871	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
2872
2873	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
2874			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
2875
2876	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
2877			broken timer IRQ sources.
2878
2879	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
2880
2881	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
2882			initial RAM disk.
2883
2884	nointremap	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
2885			remapping.
2886			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
2887
2888	nointroute	[IA-64]
2889
2890	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
2891
2892	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
2893
2894	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
2895
2896	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
2897			fault handling.
2898
2899	no-vmw-sched-clock
2900			[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
2901			clock and use the default one.
2902
2903	no-steal-acc	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized steal time accounting.
2904			steal time is computed, but won't influence scheduler
2905			behaviour
2906
2907	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
2908
2909	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
2910
2911	noltlbs		[PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
2912			lowmem mapping on PPC40x and PPC8xx
2913
2914	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
2915
2916	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
2917
2918	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
2919			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
2920
2921	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
2922			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
2923			irq.
2924
2925	nomodule	Disable module load
2926
2927	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
2928			pagetables) support.
2929
2930	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
2931
2932	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
2933			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
2934
2935	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
2936			with UP alternatives
2937
2938	nordrand	[X86] Disable kernel use of the RDRAND and
2939			RDSEED instructions even if they are supported
2940			by the processor.  RDRAND and RDSEED are still
2941			available to user space applications.
2942
2943	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
2944			space.
2945
2946	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
2947			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
2948			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
2949
2950	nosbagart	[IA-64]
2951
2952	nosep		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support.
2953
2954	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
2955			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
2956
2957	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
2958
2959	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
2960
2961	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
2962			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
2963
2964	nowb		[ARM]
2965
2966	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
2967
2968	cpu0_hotplug	[X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
2969			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
2970			Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
2971			1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
2972			Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
2973			need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
2974			2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
2975			removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
2976			It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
2977			machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
2978			after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
2979			If the dependencies are under your control, you can
2980			turn on cpu0_hotplug.
2981
2982	nps_mtm_hs_ctr=	[KNL,ARC]
2983			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
2984			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
2985			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
2986			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
2987			parameter's value.
2988			Format: integer between 1 and 255
2989			Default: 255
2990
2991	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
2992			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
2993			SAL PALO.
2994
2995	nr_cpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2996			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
2997			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
2998			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
2999			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
3000			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
3001			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
3002			hot plugging.
3003
3004	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
3005
3006	numa_balancing=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable automatic NUMA balancing.
3007			Allowed values are enable and disable
3008
3009	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
3010			'node', 'default' can be specified
3011			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
3012			See Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt for details.
3013
3014	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
3015			See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more
3016			info.
3017
3018	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
3019			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
3020			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
3021			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
3022			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
3023			interrupts *may* be lost!
3024
3025	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
3026			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
3027			For example, to override I2C bus2:
3028			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
3029
3030	oprofile.timer=	[HW]
3031			Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
3032
3033	oprofile.cpu_type=	Force an oprofile cpu type
3034			This might be useful if you have an older oprofile
3035			userland or if you want common events.
3036			Format: { arch_perfmon }
3037			arch_perfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural
3038				perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the
3039				CPU specific event set.
3040			timer: [X86] Force use of architectural NMI
3041				timer mode (see also oprofile.timer
3042				for generic hr timer mode)
3043
3044	oops=panic	Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
3045			process, but there is a small probability of
3046			deadlocking the machine.
3047			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
3048			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
3049
3050	page_owner=	[KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
3051			Storage of the information about who allocated
3052			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
3053			we can turn it on.
3054			on: enable the feature
3055
3056	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
3057			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
3058			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
3059			off: turn off poisoning (default)
3060			on: turn on poisoning
3061
3062	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
3063			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
3064			timeout = 0: wait forever
3065			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
3066			Format: <timeout>
3067
3068	panic_on_warn	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
3069			on a WARN().
3070
3071	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
3072			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
3073			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
3074			succeeds in any situation.
3075			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
3076			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
3077			kernel more unstable.
3078
3079	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
3080			connected to, default is 0.
3081			Format: <parport#>
3082	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
3083			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
3084			Format: <mode>
3085
3086	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
3087			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
3088			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
3089			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
3090			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
3091			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
3092			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
3093			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
3094			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
3095			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
3096			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
3097			are specified on the command line, starting
3098			with parport0.
3099
3100	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
3101			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
3102			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
3103			computer where firmware has no options for setting
3104			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
3105			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
3106			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
3107
3108	pause_on_oops=
3109			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
3110			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
3111			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
3112
3113	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
3114
3115	pcd.		[PARIDE]
3116			See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
3117			See also Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3118
3119	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
3120
3121				Some options herein operate on a specific device
3122				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
3123				specified in one of the following formats:
3124
3125				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
3126				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
3127
3128				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
3129				bus/device/function address which may change
3130				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
3131				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
3132				by other kernel parameters. If the
3133				domain is left unspecified, it is
3134				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
3135				to a device through multiple device/function
3136				addresses can be specified after the base
3137				address (this is more robust against
3138				renumbering issues).  The second format
3139				selects devices using IDs from the
3140				configuration space which may match multiple
3141				devices in the system.
3142
3143		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
3144				changes anything
3145		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
3146		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
3147				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
3148				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
3149		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
3150				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
3151				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
3152				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
3153		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
3154				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
3155				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
3156		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
3157				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
3158				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
3159				bus number. The config space is then accessed
3160				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
3161				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
3162				on the configuration access mechanisms.
3163		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
3164				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
3165				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
3166		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
3167				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
3168		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
3169				Configuration
3170		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
3171				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
3172				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
3173		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
3174				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
3175				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
3176		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
3177				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
3178				should never be necessary.
3179		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
3180				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
3181				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
3182				when the system masks IRQs.
3183		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
3184				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
3185				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
3186				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
3187		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
3188				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
3189				on several machines and they hang the machine
3190				when used, but on other computers it's the only
3191				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
3192				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
3193				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
3194				motherboard.
3195		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
3196				Use with caution as certain devices share
3197				address decoders between ROMs and other
3198				resources.
3199		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
3200				expansion ROMs that do not already have
3201				BIOS assigned address ranges.
3202		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
3203				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
3204		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
3205				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
3206				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
3207				this way.
3208		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
3209				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
3210				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
3211				F0000h-100000h range.
3212		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
3213				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
3214				secondary buses and you want to tell it
3215				explicitly which ones they are.
3216		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
3217				numbers ourselves, overriding
3218				whatever the firmware may have done.
3219		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
3220				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
3221				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
3222				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
3223				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
3224				IRQ routing is enabled.
3225		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
3226				or for PCI scanning.
3227		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
3228				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
3229				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
3230				please report a bug.
3231		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
3232				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
3233		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
3234				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
3235				so this option is a temporary workaround
3236				for broken drivers that don't call it.
3237		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
3238				handle more pci cards
3239		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
3240				This might help on some broken boards which
3241				machine check when some devices' config space
3242				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
3243				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
3244		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3245				This sorting is done to get a device
3246				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
3247		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3248		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
3249				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
3250		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
3251				supported by all devices below the root complex.
3252		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
3253				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
3254				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
3255				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
3256				or bus can support) for best performance.
3257		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
3258				every device is guaranteed to support. This
3259				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
3260				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
3261				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
3262				that hot-added devices will work.
3263		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3264				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
3265				The default value is 256 bytes.
3266		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3267				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
3268				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
3269		resource_alignment=
3270				Format:
3271				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
3272				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
3273				aligned memory resources. How to
3274				specify the device is described above.
3275				If <order of align> is not specified,
3276				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
3277				PCI-PCI bridge can be specified, if resource
3278				windows need to be expanded.
3279				To specify the alignment for several
3280				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
3281				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
3282				specified, e.g., 4096@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
3283		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
3284				end-to-end CRC checking).
3285				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
3286				the default.
3287				off: Turn ECRC off
3288				on: Turn ECRC on.
3289		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3290				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
3291				Default size is 256 bytes.
3292		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3293				reserved for hotplug bridge's memory window.
3294				Default size is 2 megabytes.
3295		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
3296				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
3297				Default is 1.
3298		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
3299				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
3300				accommodate resources required by all child
3301				devices.
3302				off: Turn realloc off
3303				on: Turn realloc on
3304		realloc		same as realloc=on
3305		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
3306		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
3307				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
3308		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
3309				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
3310				port.
3311		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
3312				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
3313				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
3314				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
3315				conflict with unreported devices), so this
3316				taints the kernel.
3317		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
3318				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
3319				specified above) separated by semicolons.
3320				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
3321				redirect capabilities forced off which will
3322				allow P2P traffic between devices through
3323				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
3324				this removes isolation between devices and
3325				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
3326
3327	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
3328			Management.
3329		off	Disable ASPM.
3330		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
3331			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
3332
3333	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
3334		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
3335			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
3336			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
3337			also tries to use these services.
3338		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
3339			hotplug).
3340
3341	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
3342		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
3343		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
3344
3345	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
3346		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
3347			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
3348
3349	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
3350
3351	pd_ignore_unused
3352			[PM]
3353			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
3354			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
3355			for debug and development, but should not be
3356			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
3357
3358	pd.		[PARIDE]
3359			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3360
3361	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
3362			boot time.
3363			Format: { 0 | 1 }
3364			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
3365
3366	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
3367			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
3368			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
3369			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
3370			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
3371			and performance comparison.
3372
3373	pf.		[PARIDE]
3374			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3375
3376	pg.		[PARIDE]
3377			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3378
3379	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
3380			See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt.
3381
3382	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
3383			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
3384			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
3385
3386	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
3387			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
3388			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
3389
3390	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
3391			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
3392			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
3393			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
3394			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
3395			possible settings and some assignment information.
3396
3397	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
3398			{ off }
3399
3400	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
3401			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
3402
3403	pnp_reserve_irq=
3404			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
3405
3406	pnp_reserve_dma=
3407			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
3408
3409	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
3410			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
3411
3412	pnp_reserve_mem=
3413			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
3414			autoconfiguration.
3415			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
3416
3417	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
3418			Default is 21.
3419			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
3420			may be specified.
3421			Format: <port>,<port>....
3422
3423	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
3424			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
3425			platform machine description specific power_save
3426			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
3427			execution priority.
3428
3429	ppc_strict_facility_enable
3430			[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
3431			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
3432			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
3433			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
3434
3435	ppc_tm=		[PPC]
3436			Format: {"off"}
3437			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
3438
3439	print-fatal-signals=
3440			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
3441
3442			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
3443			related application anomalies: too many signals,
3444			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
3445			coredump - etc.
3446
3447			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
3448			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
3449
3450			default: off.
3451
3452	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
3453			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
3454			panics
3455			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
3456			default: disabled
3457
3458	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
3459			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
3460			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
3461			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
3462			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
3463			Default: ratelimit
3464
3465	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
3466			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
3467
3468	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
3469			Limit processor to maximum C-state
3470			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
3471
3472	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
3473			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
3474			instead using the legacy FADT method
3475
3476	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
3477			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
3478			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
3479				[defaults to kernel profiling]
3480			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
3481			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
3482				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
3483			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
3484			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
3485				statistical time based profiling.
3486
3487	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
3488			before loading.
3489			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
3490
3491	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
3492			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
3493	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
3494			per second.
3495	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
3496			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
3497			(0 = never).
3498	psmouse.resolution=
3499			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
3500	psmouse.smartscroll=
3501			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
3502			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
3503
3504	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
3505
3506	pt.		[PARIDE]
3507			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3508
3509	pti=		[X86_64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
3510			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
3511			removes hardening, but improves performance of
3512			system calls and interrupts.
3513
3514			on   - unconditionally enable
3515			off  - unconditionally disable
3516			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
3517			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
3518
3519			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
3520
3521	nopti		[X86_64]
3522			Equivalent to pti=off
3523
3524	pty.legacy_count=
3525			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
3526			default number.
3527
3528	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
3529
3530	r128=		[HW,DRM]
3531
3532	raid=		[HW,RAID]
3533			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
3534
3535	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
3536			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
3537
3538	random.trust_cpu={on,off}
3539			[KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the
3540			CPU's random number generator (if available) to
3541			fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled
3542			by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU.
3543
3544	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
3545
3546		cec_disable	[X86]
3547				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
3548				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
3549
3550	rcu_nocbs=	[KNL]
3551			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3552
3553			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set
3554			the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs.
3555			Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will be
3556			offloaded to "rcuox/N" kthreads created for that
3557			purpose, where "x" is "p" for RCU-preempt, and
3558			"s" for RCU-sched, and "N" is the CPU number.
3559			This reduces OS jitter on the offloaded CPUs,
3560			which can be useful for HPC and real-time
3561			workloads.  It can also improve energy efficiency
3562			for asymmetric multiprocessors.
3563
3564	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
3565			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
3566			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
3567			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
3568			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
3569			This improves the real-time response for the
3570			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
3571			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
3572			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
3573			periodically wake up to do the polling.
3574
3575	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
3576			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
3577			process in one batch.
3578
3579	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
3580			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
3581			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
3582			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
3583
3584	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
3585			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3586			RCU grace-period cleanup.
3587
3588	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
3589			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3590			RCU grace-period initialization.
3591
3592	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
3593			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3594			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
3595			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
3596			the rcu_node combining tree.
3597
3598	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
3599			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
3600			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
3601			possibly be useful for architectures having high
3602			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
3603
3604	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
3605			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
3606			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
3607			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
3608			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
3609			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
3610			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
3611
3612	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
3613			Set required age in jiffies for a
3614			given grace period before RCU starts
3615			soliciting quiescent-state help from
3616			rcu_note_context_switch().  If not specified, the
3617			kernel will calculate a value based on the most
3618			recent settings of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
3619			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
3620			This calculated value may be viewed in
3621			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to
3622			set rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be
3623			cheerfully overwritten.
3624
3625	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
3626			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
3627			first attempt to force quiescent states.
3628			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
3629			and maximum value is HZ.
3630
3631	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
3632			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
3633			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
3634			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
3635
3636	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
3637			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
3638			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
3639			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
3640			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
3641			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
3642			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
3643			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
3644			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
3645			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
3646
3647	rcutree.rcu_nocb_leader_stride= [KNL]
3648			Set the number of NOCB kthread groups, which
3649			defaults to the square root of the number of
3650			CPUs.  Larger numbers reduces the wakeup overhead
3651			on the per-CPU grace-period kthreads, but increases
3652			that same overhead on each group's leader.
3653
3654	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
3655			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
3656			batch limiting is disabled.
3657
3658	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
3659			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
3660			batch limiting is re-enabled.
3661
3662	rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay= [KNL]
3663			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
3664			RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
3665
3666	rcutree.rcu_idle_lazy_gp_delay= [KNL]
3667			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
3668			only "lazy" RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
3669			Lazy RCU callbacks are those which RCU can
3670			prove do nothing more than free memory.
3671
3672	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
3673			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
3674			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
3675			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
3676			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
3677			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
3678
3679	rcuperf.gp_async= [KNL]
3680			Measure performance of asynchronous
3681			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
3682
3683	rcuperf.gp_async_max= [KNL]
3684			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
3685			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
3686			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
3687			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
3688			previously posted callbacks to drain.
3689
3690	rcuperf.gp_exp= [KNL]
3691			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
3692			grace-period primitives.
3693
3694	rcuperf.holdoff= [KNL]
3695			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
3696			this parameter is to delay the start of the
3697			test until boot completes in order to avoid
3698			interference.
3699
3700	rcuperf.nreaders= [KNL]
3701			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
3702			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
3703			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
3704			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
3705			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
3706			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
3707			a single reader.
3708
3709	rcuperf.nwriters= [KNL]
3710			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
3711			the same as for rcuperf.nreaders.
3712			N, where N is the number of CPUs
3713
3714	rcuperf.perf_type= [KNL]
3715			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
3716
3717	rcuperf.shutdown= [KNL]
3718			Shut the system down after performance tests
3719			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
3720			testing.
3721
3722	rcuperf.verbose= [KNL]
3723			Enable additional printk() statements.
3724
3725	rcuperf.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
3726			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
3727			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
3728			no holdoff.
3729
3730	rcutorture.cbflood_inter_holdoff= [KNL]
3731			Set holdoff time (jiffies) between successive
3732			callback-flood tests.
3733
3734	rcutorture.cbflood_intra_holdoff= [KNL]
3735			Set holdoff time (jiffies) between successive
3736			bursts of callbacks within a given callback-flood
3737			test.
3738
3739	rcutorture.cbflood_n_burst= [KNL]
3740			Set the number of bursts making up a given
3741			callback-flood test.  Set this to zero to
3742			disable callback-flood testing.
3743
3744	rcutorture.cbflood_n_per_burst= [KNL]
3745			Set the number of callbacks to be registered
3746			in a given burst of a callback-flood test.
3747
3748	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
3749			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
3750			in microseconds.
3751
3752	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
3753			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
3754			in microseconds.
3755
3756	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
3757			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
3758			in seconds.
3759
3760	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
3761			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
3762			primitives, if available.
3763
3764	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
3765			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
3766
3767	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
3768			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
3769			update-side primitives, if available.
3770
3771	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
3772			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
3773			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
3774			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
3775			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
3776			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
3777			they are all non-zero.
3778
3779	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
3780			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
3781
3782	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
3783			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
3784			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
3785			test, hence the "fake".
3786
3787	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
3788			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
3789			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
3790			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
3791			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
3792			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
3793
3794	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
3795			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
3796
3797	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
3798			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
3799
3800	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
3801			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
3802			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
3803
3804	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
3805			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
3806			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
3807			during the rcutorture test.
3808
3809	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
3810			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
3811			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
3812
3813	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
3814			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
3815			warnings, zero to disable.
3816
3817	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
3818			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
3819
3820	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
3821			Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
3822
3823	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
3824			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
3825
3826	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
3827			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
3828			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
3829			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
3830			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
3831
3832	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
3833			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
3834			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
3835			under test support RCU priority boosting.
3836
3837	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
3838			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
3839
3840	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
3841			Interval (s) between each boost test.
3842
3843	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
3844			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
3845			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
3846
3847	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
3848			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
3849
3850	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
3851			Enable additional printk() statements.
3852
3853	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
3854			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
3855
3856	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
3857			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
3858
3859	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
3860			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
3861			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
3862			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
3863			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
3864			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
3865			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3866
3867	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
3868			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
3869			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
3870			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
3871			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
3872			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
3873			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
3874			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
3875			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3876
3877	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
3878			Once boot has completed (that is, after
3879			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
3880			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
3881			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3882
3883	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
3884			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall warning
3885			messages.  Disable with a value less than or equal
3886			to zero.
3887
3888	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
3889			Run the RCU early boot self tests
3890
3891	rdinit=		[KNL]
3892			Format: <full_path>
3893			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
3894			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
3895
3896	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
3897			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
3898			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
3899			mba.
3900			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
3901				rdt=cmt,!mba
3902
3903	reboot=		[KNL]
3904			Format (x86 or x86_64):
3905				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] \
3906				[[,]s[mp]#### \
3907				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
3908				[[,]f[orce]
3909			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio,
3910			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
3911			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
3912			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
3913					to be used for rebooting.
3914
3915	relax_domain_level=
3916			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
3917			See Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpusets.txt.
3918
3919	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
3920			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
3921			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
3922			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
3923			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
3924
3925	reservetop=	[X86-32]
3926			Format: nn[KMG]
3927			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
3928			address space.
3929
3930	reservelow=	[X86]
3931			Format: nn[K]
3932			Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at
3933			the bottom of the address space.
3934
3935	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
3936			during initialization.
3937
3938	resume=		[SWSUSP]
3939			Specify the partition device for software suspend
3940			Format:
3941			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
3942
3943	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
3944			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
3945			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
3946			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
3947			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
3948
3949	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
3950			read the resume files
3951
3952	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
3953			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
3954			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
3955
3956	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
3957		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
3958				present during boot.
3959		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
3960		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
3961		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
3962				(that will set all pages holding image data
3963				during restoration read-only).
3964
3965	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
3966
3967	rfkill.default_state=
3968		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
3969			etc. communication is blocked by default.
3970		1	Unblocked.
3971
3972	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
3973		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
3974		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
3975			blocked and the previous configuration.
3976		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
3977			blocked and everything unblocked.
3978
3979	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
3980			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
3981
3982	ring3mwait=disable
3983			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
3984			CPUs.
3985
3986	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
3987
3988	rodata=		[KNL]
3989		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
3990		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
3991
3992	rockchip.usb_uart
3993			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
3994			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
3995			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
3996			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
3997
3998	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
3999			See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
4000
4001	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
4002			mount the root filesystem
4003
4004	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
4005
4006	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
4007
4008	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
4009			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
4010			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
4011
4012	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
4013			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
4014			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
4015			managed by CMA.
4016
4017	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
4018
4019	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
4020
4021	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
4022			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
4023		strict
4024			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
4025			an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
4026			which is faster.
4027
4028	sa1100ir	[NET]
4029			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
4030
4031	sbni=		[NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
4032
4033	sched_debug	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
4034
4035	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
4036			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
4037			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
4038			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
4039
4040	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
4041			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
4042			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
4043			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4044			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
4045			1 -- enable.
4046			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
4047			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
4048
4049	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
4050			If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
4051			security module asking for security registration will be
4052			loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated
4053			as if no module has been chosen.
4054
4055	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
4056			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4057			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
4058			0 -- disable.
4059			1 -- enable.
4060			Default value is set via kernel config option.
4061			If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used
4062			later to disable prior to initial policy load.
4063
4064	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
4065			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4066			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
4067			0 -- disable.
4068			1 -- enable.
4069			Default value is set via kernel config option.
4070
4071	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
4072
4073	shapers=	[NET]
4074			Maximal number of shapers.
4075
4076	simeth=		[IA-64]
4077	simscsi=
4078
4079	slram=		[HW,MTD]
4080
4081	slab_nomerge	[MM]
4082			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
4083			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
4084			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
4085			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
4086			layout control by attackers can usually be
4087			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
4088			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
4089			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
4090			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
4091			own.
4092			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4093
4094	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
4095			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
4096			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
4097			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
4098			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
4099
4100	slub_debug[=options[,slabs]]	[MM, SLUB]
4101			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
4102			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
4103			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
4104			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
4105			last alloc / free. For more information see
4106			Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4107
4108	slub_memcg_sysfs=	[MM, SLUB]
4109			Determines whether to enable sysfs directories for
4110			memory cgroup sub-caches. 1 to enable, 0 to disable.
4111			The default is determined by CONFIG_SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON.
4112			Enabling this can lead to a very high number of	debug
4113			directories and files being created under
4114			/sys/kernel/slub.
4115
4116	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
4117			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
4118			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
4119			fragmentation. For more information see
4120			Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4121
4122	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
4123			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
4124			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
4125			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
4126			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
4127			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
4128			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
4129			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4130
4131	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
4132			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
4133			lower than slub_max_order.
4134			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4135
4136	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
4137			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
4138			See slab_nomerge for more information.
4139
4140	smart2=		[HW]
4141			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
4142
4143	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
4144	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
4145	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
4146	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
4147	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
4148	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
4149	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
4150				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
4151				1: Fast pin select (default)
4152				2: ATC IRMode
4153
4154	smt		[KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
4155			CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
4156			symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
4157			actual hardware limit.
4158			Format: <integer>
4159			Default: -1 (no limit)
4160
4161	softlockup_panic=
4162			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
4163			Format: <integer>
4164
4165			A nonzero value instructs the soft-lockup detector
4166			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. This
4167			is also controlled by CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
4168			which is the respective build-time switch to that
4169			functionality.
4170
4171	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
4172			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
4173			backtraces on all cpus.
4174			Format: <integer>
4175
4176	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
4177			See Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt
4178
4179	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
4180			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
4181
4182			on   - unconditionally enable
4183			off  - unconditionally disable
4184			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4185			       vulnerable
4186
4187			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
4188			mitigation method at run time according to the
4189			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
4190			CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
4191			compiler with which the kernel was built.
4192
4193			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
4194
4195			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
4196			retpoline,generic - google's original retpoline
4197			retpoline,amd     - AMD-specific minimal thunk
4198
4199			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
4200			spectre_v2=auto.
4201
4202	spec_store_bypass_disable=
4203			[HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
4204			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
4205
4206			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
4207			a common industry wide performance optimization known
4208			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
4209			to the same memory location may not be observed by
4210			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
4211			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
4212			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
4213			end of a particular speculation execution window.
4214
4215			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
4216			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
4217			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
4218			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
4219
4220			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
4221			Bypass optimization is used.
4222
4223			On x86 the options are:
4224
4225			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
4226			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
4227			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
4228				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
4229				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
4230				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
4231				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
4232				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
4233			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
4234				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
4235				  for a process by default. The state of the control
4236				  is inherited on fork.
4237			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
4238				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
4239
4240			Default mitigations:
4241			X86:	If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
4242
4243			On powerpc the options are:
4244
4245			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
4246				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
4247				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
4248				  exit.
4249			off	- No action.
4250
4251			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
4252			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
4253
4254	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
4255	spia_fio_base=
4256	spia_pedr=
4257	spia_peddr=
4258
4259	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
4260			Specifies how frequently to check for
4261			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
4262			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
4263			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
4264			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
4265			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
4266			are ignored.
4267
4268	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
4269			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
4270			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
4271			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
4272			grace period will be considered for automatic
4273			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
4274			expediting.
4275
4276	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW]
4277			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
4278
4279			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
4280			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
4281			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
4282			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
4283
4284			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
4285				   for both kernel and userspace
4286			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
4287				   for both kernel and userspace
4288			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
4289				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
4290				   to allow userspace to register its
4291				   interest in being mitigated too.
4292
4293	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
4294			override the default stack gap protection. The value
4295			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
4296			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
4297			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
4298			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
4299
4300	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
4301			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
4302
4303	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
4304			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
4305			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
4306			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
4307			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
4308			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
4309			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
4310
4311	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
4312			Format: <num>
4313			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
4314			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
4315			as the initial boot-console.
4316			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
4317
4318	sti_font=	[HW]
4319			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
4320
4321	stifb=		[HW]
4322			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
4323
4324	sunrpc.min_resvport=
4325	sunrpc.max_resvport=
4326			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4327			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
4328			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
4329			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
4330			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
4331			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
4332			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
4333			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
4334			maximum port values.
4335
4336	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
4337			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4338			Limit the number of requests that the server will
4339			process in parallel from a single connection.
4340			The default value is 0 (no limit).
4341
4342	sunrpc.pool_mode=
4343			[NFS]
4344			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
4345			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
4346			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
4347			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
4348			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
4349			NFS server is running.
4350
4351			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
4352				    automatically using heuristics
4353			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
4354			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
4355			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
4356				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
4357
4358	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
4359	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
4360			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4361			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
4362			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
4363			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
4364			improve throughput, but will also increase the
4365			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
4366
4367	suspend.pm_test_delay=
4368			[SUSPEND]
4369			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
4370			mode before resuming the system (see
4371			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
4372			is set. Default value is 5.
4373
4374	swapaccount=[0|1]
4375			[KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
4376			controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
4377			it if 0 is given (See Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.txt)
4378
4379	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
4380			Format: { <int> | force | noforce }
4381			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
4382			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
4383			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
4384			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
4385
4386	switches=	[HW,M68k]
4387
4388	sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
4389			Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
4390			on older distributions. When this option is enabled
4391			very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
4392			is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
4393			in older udev will not work anymore.
4394			Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
4395			the kernel configuration.
4396
4397	sysrq_always_enabled
4398			[KNL]
4399			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
4400			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
4401			Useful for debugging.
4402
4403	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
4404			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
4405			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
4406			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
4407			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
4408			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
4409
4410	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
4411
4412	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND][,N]
4413			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
4414			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
4415			as the system sleep state during system startup with
4416			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
4417			The system is woken from this state using a
4418			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
4419
4420	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4421			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
4422
4423	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
4424			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
4425			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
4426
4427	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
4428			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
4429			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
4430
4431	thermal.nocrt=	[HW,ACPI]
4432			Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
4433			critical and hot trip points.
4434
4435	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
4436			1: disable ACPI thermal control
4437
4438	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
4439			-1: disable all passive trip points
4440			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
4441			value
4442
4443	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
4444			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
4445			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
4446			0: no polling (default)
4447
4448	threadirqs	[KNL]
4449			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
4450			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
4451
4452	tmem		[KNL,XEN]
4453			Enable the Transcendent memory driver if built-in.
4454
4455	tmem.cleancache=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4456			Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the cleancache
4457			API to send anonymous pages to the hypervisor.
4458
4459	tmem.frontswap=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4460			Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the frontswap
4461			API to send swap pages to the hypervisor. If disabled
4462			the selfballooning and selfshrinking are force disabled.
4463
4464	tmem.selfballooning=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4465			Default is on (1). Disable the driving of swap pages
4466			to the hypervisor.
4467
4468	tmem.selfshrinking=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4469			Default is on (1). Partial swapoff that immediately
4470			transfers pages from Xen hypervisor back to the
4471			kernel based on different criteria.
4472
4473	topology=	[S390]
4474			Format: {off | on}
4475			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
4476			topology information if the hardware supports this.
4477			The scheduler will make use of this information and
4478			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
4479			Default is on.
4480
4481	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
4482			Format: {off}
4483			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
4484			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
4485			LPAR.
4486
4487	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
4488
4489	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
4490			Format: integer pcr id
4491			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
4492			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
4493			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
4494			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
4495			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
4496			are saved.
4497
4498	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
4499			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
4500
4501	trace_event=[event-list]
4502			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
4503			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
4504			comma separated list of trace events to enable. See
4505			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
4506
4507	trace_options=[option-list]
4508			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
4509			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
4510			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
4511			to echo the option name into
4512
4513			    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
4514
4515			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
4516			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
4517
4518			      trace_options=stacktrace
4519
4520			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
4521			section.
4522
4523	tp_printk[FTRACE]
4524			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
4525			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
4526			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
4527			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
4528			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
4529
4530			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
4531			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
4532			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
4533			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
4534
4535			** CAUTION **
4536
4537			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
4538			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
4539			the system to live lock.
4540
4541	traceoff_on_warning
4542			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
4543			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
4544			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
4545			file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
4546
4547			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
4548			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
4549			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
4550
4551			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
4552			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
4553
4554	transparent_hugepage=
4555			[KNL]
4556			Format: [always|madvise|never]
4557			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
4558			with respect to transparent hugepages.
4559			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
4560			for more details.
4561
4562	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
4563			Format: <string>
4564			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
4565			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
4566			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
4567			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
4568			virtualized environment.
4569			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
4570			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
4571			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
4572			can add overhead.
4573			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
4574			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
4575			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
4576
4577	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
4578			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
4579			Format:
4580			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
4581			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
4582
4583	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
4584			happen after console_init() and before a proper
4585			console driver takes over, this boot options might
4586			help "seeing" what's going on.
4587
4588	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4589			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
4590
4591	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
4592			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
4593			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
4594			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
4595			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
4596			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
4597			reported either.
4598
4599	unknown_nmi_panic
4600			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
4601
4602	usbcore.authorized_default=
4603			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
4604			(default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
4605			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized)
4606
4607	usbcore.autosuspend=
4608			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
4609			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
4610			is the time required before an idle device will be
4611			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
4612			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
4613
4614	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
4615			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
4616
4617	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
4618			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
4619			(default = 65536).
4620
4621	usbcore.blinkenlights=
4622			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
4623
4624	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
4625			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
4626			scheme,  applies only to low and full-speed devices
4627			 (default 0 = off).
4628
4629	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
4630			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
4631			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
4632
4633	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
4634			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
4635			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
4636
4637	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
4638			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
4639			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
4640			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
4641
4642	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
4643
4644	usbcore.quirks=
4645			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
4646			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
4647			commas. Each entry has the form
4648			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
4649			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
4650			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
4651			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
4652			the following meanings:
4653				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
4654					descriptors must not be fetched using
4655					a 255-byte read);
4656				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
4657					correctly so reset it instead);
4658				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
4659					Set-Interface requests);
4660				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
4661					handle its Configuration or Interface
4662					strings);
4663				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
4664					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
4665				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
4666					more interface descriptions than the
4667					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
4668					talking to these interfaces);
4669				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
4670					during initialization, after we read
4671					the device descriptor);
4672				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
4673					high speed and super speed interrupt
4674					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
4675					require the interval in microframes (1
4676					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
4677					calculated as interval = 2 ^
4678					(bInterval-1).
4679					Devices with this quirk report their
4680					bInterval as the result of this
4681					calculation instead of the exponent
4682					variable used in the calculation);
4683				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
4684					handle device_qualifier descriptor
4685					requests);
4686				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
4687					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
4688					remote wakeup capability);
4689				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
4690					Power Management);
4691				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
4692					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
4693					frames instead of the USB 2.0
4694					calculation);
4695				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
4696					to be disconnected before suspend to
4697					prevent spurious wakeup);
4698				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
4699					pause after every control message);
4700			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
4701
4702	usbhid.mousepoll=
4703			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
4704
4705	usbhid.jspoll=
4706			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
4707
4708	usbhid.kbpoll=
4709			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
4710
4711	usb-storage.delay_use=
4712			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
4713			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
4714
4715	usb-storage.quirks=
4716			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
4717			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
4718			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
4719			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
4720			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
4721			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
4722			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
4723				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
4724					of sense data);
4725				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
4726					bytes of sense data);
4727				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
4728					device capacity by one sector);
4729				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
4730					READ_DISC_INFO command);
4731				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
4732					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
4733				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
4734					command, uas only);
4735				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
4736					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
4737				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
4738					reported device capacity by one
4739					sector if the number is odd);
4740				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
4741					device);
4742				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
4743					command, uas only);
4744				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
4745					unlock ejectable media);
4746				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
4747					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time);
4748				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
4749					initial READ(10) command);
4750				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
4751					reported by the device);
4752				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
4753					by default);
4754				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
4755					bogus residue values);
4756				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
4757					Logical Unit);
4758				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
4759					commands, uas only);
4760				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
4761				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
4762					medium is write-protected).
4763				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
4764					even if the device claims no cache)
4765			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
4766
4767	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
4768			Format: <int>
4769			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
4770				 1 - undefined instruction events
4771				 2 - system calls
4772				 4 - invalid data aborts
4773				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
4774				16 - SIGBUS faults
4775			Example: user_debug=31
4776
4777	userpte=
4778			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
4779
4780				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
4781					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
4782					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
4783
4784	vdso=		[X86,SH]
4785			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
4786
4787			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
4788			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
4789
4790	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
4791			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
4792			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
4793
4794			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
4795			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
4796			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
4797
4798			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
4799			alias for vdso32=0.
4800
4801			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
4802			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
4803
4804	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
4805			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
4806
4807	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
4808			See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
4809
4810	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [0,1]
4811			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
4812			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
4813			level and then send out the event to user space through
4814			the allocated input device; If set to 0, video driver
4815			will only send out the event without touching backlight
4816			brightness level.
4817			default: 1
4818
4819	virtio_mmio.device=
4820			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
4821
4822				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
4823			where:
4824				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
4825						like K, M and G)
4826				<baseaddr> := physical base address
4827				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
4828						request_irq())
4829				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
4830			example:
4831				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
4832
4833			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
4834
4835	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
4836			See Documentation/x86/boot.txt and
4837			Documentation/svga.txt.
4838			Use vga=ask for menu.
4839			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
4840			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
4841
4842	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
4843			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
4844			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
4845			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
4846			mapped kernel RAM.
4847
4848	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390]
4849			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
4850			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
4851
4852	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
4853			Format: <command>
4854
4855	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
4856			Format: <command>
4857
4858	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
4859			Format: <command>
4860
4861	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
4862			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
4863			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
4864			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
4865			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
4866			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
4867			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
4868
4869			emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
4870			            emulated reasonably safely.
4871
4872			native      Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions.
4873			            This is a little bit faster than trapping
4874			            and makes a few dynamic recompilers work
4875			            better than they would in emulation mode.
4876			            It also makes exploits much easier to write.
4877
4878			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
4879			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
4880			            might break your system.
4881
4882	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
4883			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
4884			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
4885
4886	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
4887			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
4888			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
4889			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
4890
4891	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
4892			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
4893			Change the default blue palette of the console.
4894			This is a 16-member array composed of values
4895			ranging from 0-255.
4896
4897	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
4898			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
4899			Change the default green palette of the console.
4900			This is a 16-member array composed of values
4901			ranging from 0-255.
4902
4903	vt.default_red=	[VT]
4904			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
4905			Change the default red palette of the console.
4906			This is a 16-member array composed of values
4907			ranging from 0-255.
4908
4909	vt.default_utf8=
4910			[VT]
4911			Format=<0|1>
4912			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
4913			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
4914			newly opened terminals.
4915
4916	vt.global_cursor_default=
4917			[VT]
4918			Format=<-1|0|1>
4919			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
4920			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
4921			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
4922			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
4923			cursors, 1 will display them.
4924
4925	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
4926			Default: 2 = green.
4927
4928	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
4929			Default: 3 = cyan.
4930
4931	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
4932			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt
4933			or other driver-specific files in the
4934			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
4935
4936	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
4937			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
4938			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
4939			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
4940			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
4941			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
4942			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
4943			corresponding sysfs file.
4944
4945	workqueue.disable_numa
4946			By default, all work items queued to unbound
4947			workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
4948			issued on, which results in better behavior in
4949			general.  If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
4950			whatever reason, this option can be used.  Note
4951			that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
4952			workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
4953
4954	workqueue.power_efficient
4955			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
4956			they show better performance thanks to cache
4957			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
4958			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
4959
4960			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
4961			were observed to contribute significantly to power
4962			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
4963			power usage at the cost of small performance
4964			overhead.
4965
4966			The default value of this parameter is determined by
4967			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
4968
4969	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
4970			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
4971			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
4972			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
4973			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
4974			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
4975			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
4976			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
4977			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
4978			impacted.
4979
4980	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
4981			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
4982			supporting x2apic.
4983
4984	x86_intel_mid_timer= [X86-32,APBT]
4985			Choose timer option for x86 Intel MID platform.
4986			Two valid options are apbt timer only and lapic timer
4987			plus one apbt timer for broadcast timer.
4988			x86_intel_mid_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt
4989
4990	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
4991			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
4992			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
4993			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
4994			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
4995			domains.
4996
4997	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
4998			Unplug Xen emulated devices
4999			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
5000			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
5001			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
5002			nics -- unplug network devices
5003			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
5004			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
5005				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
5006				the unplug protocol
5007			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
5008
5009	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
5010			Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV
5011			optimizations.
5012
5013	xen_nopv	[X86]
5014			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
5015			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
5016
5017	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
5018			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
5019			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
5020			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
5021			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
5022
5023	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
5024			Format:
5025			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
5026
5027	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
5028			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
5029			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
5030			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
5031